Sacha
Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSuperpower: I help make bread, pizza, and more!
Lives in: Plants and animals
Fun Fact: I’m a biomanufacturing superstar. I can turn sugar into lots of important things, such as food, perfumes and medicine.
Meet the Microbes
Pyro
Pyrococcus furiosusSuperpower: I love super hot water
Lives in: In underwater volcanos
Fun fact: I make special tools (known as enzymes) that help scientists in their lab. These tools require a lot of heat, just like me!
Clammy
Chlamydomonas nivalisSuperpower: I make my own natural sunscreen
Lives in: Snowy mountains and fields
Fun Fact: I turn snow pink and red by producing my own pigments. Scientists are teaching me to use sunlight to produce things like biofuels for cars and healthy, natural food colouring.
Colin
Escherichia coli (E. coli)Superpower: I am a tiny factory that can make lots and lots of things
Lives in: Tummies of people and animals
Fun Fact: I’m a famous tiny factory! Sometimes I can make you sick, but scientists can also give me new instructions in the form of DNA to make things we need, such as insulin.